What if your next leadership challenge was about enabling teams to build the technologies that redefine how people find information? As a Development Manager, you'll play a key role in Coveo's newly organized Product Engineering structure, helping our Explore organization deliver the next generation of AI-powered search and recommendation capabilities.
Explore is where Coveo’s AI comes to life. We build the intelligent discovery experiences that millions of people use every day - from search and recommendations to conversational AI and personalized experiences across commerce, service, websites, and AI agents. You’ll lead teams solving challenging problems in AI, search, and user experience while delivering products that have a direct, measurable impact on how people find information and get things done.
As one of our Development Managers, you will:- Lead two or more software development teams working on strategic initiatives within our Explore organization.
- Adapt your leadership style to the maturity, autonomy, and needs of each team while fostering ownership and accountability.
- Partner closely with Product Management, Applied Science, and Engineering leaders to deliver impactful AI-powered capabilities.
- Provide technical leadership through architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews when appropriate.
- Coach and develop engineers, supporting their career growth while building a healthy and high-performing engineering culture.
- Help shape the evolution of our R&D organization by contributing to cross-team collaboration, planning, and continuous improvement.
- Previous experience as a Development Manager leading two or more distinct software development teams.
- Strong software engineering background with the ability to understand, review, and discuss production code.
- Experience building Software as a Service (SaaS) products.
- Demonstrated ability to delegate effectively and adapt your leadership approach to teams with different levels of maturity.
- Experience leading teams working on machine learning or artificial intelligence products.
- Experience collaborating with Applied Scientists or research-oriented engineering teams.
- Experience leading organizations through periods of growth or organizational transformation.
- Passion for building high-performing teams while remaining close to technical challenges.
Do you think you can bring this role to life? Send us your application, we want to hear from you!
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Skills Required
- Previous experience as a Development Manager leading two or more distinct software development teams.
- Strong software engineering background with ability to understand, review, and discuss production code.
- Experience building Software as a Service (SaaS) products.
- Demonstrated ability to delegate effectively and adapt leadership approach to teams with different maturity levels.
- Experience leading teams working on machine learning or artificial intelligence products.
- Experience collaborating with Applied Scientists or research-oriented engineering teams.
- Experience leading organizations through periods of growth or organizational transformation.
- Passion for building high-performing teams while staying close to technical challenges.
Coveo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Coveo and has not been reviewed or approved by Coveo.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage and wellness programs include 24/7 telemedicine, mental health support, and on‑site fitness amenities where available. External recognitions underscore a holistic approach to employee wellbeing.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — On‑site gyms, group fitness classes, healthy snacks, ergonomic/home‑office support, volunteer days, and donation matching are emphasized. Hybrid work and flexibility further support day‑to‑day wellbeing.
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Parental & Family Support — Maternity and parental leave top‑ups, the option to extend leave, and on‑site daycare in Quebec City support families. Policies are positioned to ease return‑to‑work and provide practical support for caregivers.
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What We Do
Coveo powers the digital experiences of the world’s most innovative brands serving millions of people and billions of interactions across every digital experience. After a decade of enriching our market-leading platform with forward-thinking global enterprises, we know what it takes to gain a trusted AI-experience advantage. We strongly believe that the future is business-to-person, that experience is today’s competitive front line, a make or break for every business. For enterprises to achieve this AI-experience advantage at scale, it is imperative to have an Enterprise Spinal and composable ability to deliver AI semantic search and generative experiences at each customer and employee interaction.
